01-26-2023, 04:01 PM
Spent yesterday at Hyrum fishing off swim beach. There was about 5" of light, fluffy snow over frozen slush and about 8" of good hard ice. Normally I have pretty good success using wax worms for the perch but was unable to find any wax worms after hitting 5 stores (What, we're having a supply chain problem from China? lol). So, ended up using meal worms and small pieces of night crawler on Glow Ratso jigs, fished just above the bottom.
Now, the "bust" -got two light taps but no perch takers, all day. I did mark an occasional trout pass by 10' to 15' below the ice so set up the Jigging Jaw Jacker with a paddle tail tipped with night crawler and promptly hooked a nice fat rainbow. At least I didn't get skunked. I spoke to two different parties who caught nothing all day. Park employee confirmed that fishing had been extremely slow.
The highlight of the trip was that I got a chance to check out my Smitty sled modification to my Jet sled. What a difference a set of skis made!
Now, the "bust" -got two light taps but no perch takers, all day. I did mark an occasional trout pass by 10' to 15' below the ice so set up the Jigging Jaw Jacker with a paddle tail tipped with night crawler and promptly hooked a nice fat rainbow. At least I didn't get skunked. I spoke to two different parties who caught nothing all day. Park employee confirmed that fishing had been extremely slow.
The highlight of the trip was that I got a chance to check out my Smitty sled modification to my Jet sled. What a difference a set of skis made!